Landscape painter and cofounder of the Art Colony in Worpswede.
1865 born in Soest / Westphalia
1874 Relocation of the family to Münster
1884 Studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1887 Departure from academism
1888 Visit of the intern. III. Glaspalastausstellung, decisive suggestions by the French, Daubigny, Millet and Corot, studied at the Art Academy Karlsruhe
1889 In July first trip with Fritz Mackensen to Worpswede, Hans am Ende follows from Munich to. Modersohn speaks the decisive word for founding
1893 Fritz Overbeck comes to Worpswede
1894 Heinrich Vogeler, a friend of Fritz Overbeck joins the Worpswedern
1895 In the spring, the first Worpswede exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bremen: in the autumn great success in the Munich Glass Palace in the annual exhibition of works of art of all nations
1896 Discovery of Fischerhude with Fritz Overbeck, first encounter with Heinrich Breling (1849-1914)
1897 Marriage with Helene Schröder
1898 Daughter Elsbeth is born (died 1984), Paula Becker comes to Worpswede
1899 Leaving the artists' association Worpswede - friendship with Heinrich Vogeler
1900 Paula Becker and Clara Westhoff in Paris, world exhibition -Modersohn and Overbeck follow after death of his wife Helene in Worpswede, friendships with Carl Hauptmann and Rainer Maria Rilke, the big time on Heinrich Vogeler's Barkenhoff
1901 Marriage to the painter Paula Becker
1906 Last Paris trip Paula Modersohn-Beckers, after temporary separation, Modersohn comes to Paris for a few months
1907 Common return to Worpswede, birth of daughter Mathilde (died 1998), death of Paula Modersohn-Becker
1908 Moved to Fischerhude
1909 Marriage with Louise Breling, sons: Ulrich, 1913-1943 and Christian, 1916-2009.
1911 Otto Modersohn argues against Carl Vinnen's polemic "A Protest of German Artists" for the purchase of the "poppy field" by van Gogh by the Kunsthalle Bremen as one of the most stimulating images of modern art
1922 Extensive study trips in the following years to Wertheim / Würzburg, friendship with Ahlers-Hestermann
1925 First summer study stay in the Allgäu, likewise 1926, 1927, 1929
1930 Acquisition of a farmhouse on the Gailenberg near Hindelang in the Allgäu, where he paints until 1935 in the spring and summer months, until a retinal detachment of his right eye forces him to stop the painting stays in the Allgäu
1935 Honorary Membership of the Artists' Association Bremen
1939 Awarded the Low German Painter's Prize
1940 Awarded the Goethe Medal
1942 Awarded the title of professor h.c.
1943 died on March 10 after a short illness, his son Ulrich falls in Russia
1948 Establishment of a family gallery on the Gailenberg in the Allgäu by Christian and Anna Modersohn
1974 Opening of the Otto Modersohn Museum in Fischerhude
1981 Atelier and workshop construction
1986 first extension
1996 second extension
2012 third extension
bio provided by contributor Misty Dawn #48452907
1865 born in Soest / Westphalia
1874 Relocation of the family to Münster
1884 Studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1887 Departure from academism
1888 Visit of the intern. III. Glaspalastausstellung, decisive suggestions by the French, Daubigny, Millet and Corot, studied at the Art Academy Karlsruhe
1889 In July first trip with Fritz Mackensen to Worpswede, Hans am Ende follows from Munich to. Modersohn speaks the decisive word for founding
1893 Fritz Overbeck comes to Worpswede
1894 Heinrich Vogeler, a friend of Fritz Overbeck joins the Worpswedern
1895 In the spring, the first Worpswede exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bremen: in the autumn great success in the Munich Glass Palace in the annual exhibition of works of art of all nations
1896 Discovery of Fischerhude with Fritz Overbeck, first encounter with Heinrich Breling (1849-1914)
1897 Marriage with Helene Schröder
1898 Daughter Elsbeth is born (died 1984), Paula Becker comes to Worpswede
1899 Leaving the artists' association Worpswede - friendship with Heinrich Vogeler
1900 Paula Becker and Clara Westhoff in Paris, world exhibition -Modersohn and Overbeck follow after death of his wife Helene in Worpswede, friendships with Carl Hauptmann and Rainer Maria Rilke, the big time on Heinrich Vogeler's Barkenhoff
1901 Marriage to the painter Paula Becker
1906 Last Paris trip Paula Modersohn-Beckers, after temporary separation, Modersohn comes to Paris for a few months
1907 Common return to Worpswede, birth of daughter Mathilde (died 1998), death of Paula Modersohn-Becker
1908 Moved to Fischerhude
1909 Marriage with Louise Breling, sons: Ulrich, 1913-1943 and Christian, 1916-2009.
1911 Otto Modersohn argues against Carl Vinnen's polemic "A Protest of German Artists" for the purchase of the "poppy field" by van Gogh by the Kunsthalle Bremen as one of the most stimulating images of modern art
1922 Extensive study trips in the following years to Wertheim / Würzburg, friendship with Ahlers-Hestermann
1925 First summer study stay in the Allgäu, likewise 1926, 1927, 1929
1930 Acquisition of a farmhouse on the Gailenberg near Hindelang in the Allgäu, where he paints until 1935 in the spring and summer months, until a retinal detachment of his right eye forces him to stop the painting stays in the Allgäu
1935 Honorary Membership of the Artists' Association Bremen
1939 Awarded the Low German Painter's Prize
1940 Awarded the Goethe Medal
1942 Awarded the title of professor h.c.
1943 died on March 10 after a short illness, his son Ulrich falls in Russia
1948 Establishment of a family gallery on the Gailenberg in the Allgäu by Christian and Anna Modersohn
1974 Opening of the Otto Modersohn Museum in Fischerhude
1981 Atelier and workshop construction
1986 first extension
1996 second extension
2012 third extension
bio provided by contributor Misty Dawn #48452907
Landscape painter and cofounder of the Art Colony in Worpswede.
1865 born in Soest / Westphalia
1874 Relocation of the family to Münster
1884 Studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1887 Departure from academism
1888 Visit of the intern. III. Glaspalastausstellung, decisive suggestions by the French, Daubigny, Millet and Corot, studied at the Art Academy Karlsruhe
1889 In July first trip with Fritz Mackensen to Worpswede, Hans am Ende follows from Munich to. Modersohn speaks the decisive word for founding
1893 Fritz Overbeck comes to Worpswede
1894 Heinrich Vogeler, a friend of Fritz Overbeck joins the Worpswedern
1895 In the spring, the first Worpswede exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bremen: in the autumn great success in the Munich Glass Palace in the annual exhibition of works of art of all nations
1896 Discovery of Fischerhude with Fritz Overbeck, first encounter with Heinrich Breling (1849-1914)
1897 Marriage with Helene Schröder
1898 Daughter Elsbeth is born (died 1984), Paula Becker comes to Worpswede
1899 Leaving the artists' association Worpswede - friendship with Heinrich Vogeler
1900 Paula Becker and Clara Westhoff in Paris, world exhibition -Modersohn and Overbeck follow after death of his wife Helene in Worpswede, friendships with Carl Hauptmann and Rainer Maria Rilke, the big time on Heinrich Vogeler's Barkenhoff
1901 Marriage to the painter Paula Becker
1906 Last Paris trip Paula Modersohn-Beckers, after temporary separation, Modersohn comes to Paris for a few months
1907 Common return to Worpswede, birth of daughter Mathilde (died 1998), death of Paula Modersohn-Becker
1908 Moved to Fischerhude
1909 Marriage with Louise Breling, sons: Ulrich, 1913-1943 and Christian, 1916-2009.
1911 Otto Modersohn argues against Carl Vinnen's polemic "A Protest of German Artists" for the purchase of the "poppy field" by van Gogh by the Kunsthalle Bremen as one of the most stimulating images of modern art
1922 Extensive study trips in the following years to Wertheim / Würzburg, friendship with Ahlers-Hestermann
1925 First summer study stay in the Allgäu, likewise 1926, 1927, 1929
1930 Acquisition of a farmhouse on the Gailenberg near Hindelang in the Allgäu, where he paints until 1935 in the spring and summer months, until a retinal detachment of his right eye forces him to stop the painting stays in the Allgäu
1935 Honorary Membership of the Artists' Association Bremen
1939 Awarded the Low German Painter's Prize
1940 Awarded the Goethe Medal
1942 Awarded the title of professor h.c.
1943 died on March 10 after a short illness, his son Ulrich falls in Russia
1948 Establishment of a family gallery on the Gailenberg in the Allgäu by Christian and Anna Modersohn
1974 Opening of the Otto Modersohn Museum in Fischerhude
1981 Atelier and workshop construction
1986 first extension
1996 second extension
2012 third extension
bio provided by contributor Misty Dawn #48452907
1865 born in Soest / Westphalia
1874 Relocation of the family to Münster
1884 Studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1887 Departure from academism
1888 Visit of the intern. III. Glaspalastausstellung, decisive suggestions by the French, Daubigny, Millet and Corot, studied at the Art Academy Karlsruhe
1889 In July first trip with Fritz Mackensen to Worpswede, Hans am Ende follows from Munich to. Modersohn speaks the decisive word for founding
1893 Fritz Overbeck comes to Worpswede
1894 Heinrich Vogeler, a friend of Fritz Overbeck joins the Worpswedern
1895 In the spring, the first Worpswede exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bremen: in the autumn great success in the Munich Glass Palace in the annual exhibition of works of art of all nations
1896 Discovery of Fischerhude with Fritz Overbeck, first encounter with Heinrich Breling (1849-1914)
1897 Marriage with Helene Schröder
1898 Daughter Elsbeth is born (died 1984), Paula Becker comes to Worpswede
1899 Leaving the artists' association Worpswede - friendship with Heinrich Vogeler
1900 Paula Becker and Clara Westhoff in Paris, world exhibition -Modersohn and Overbeck follow after death of his wife Helene in Worpswede, friendships with Carl Hauptmann and Rainer Maria Rilke, the big time on Heinrich Vogeler's Barkenhoff
1901 Marriage to the painter Paula Becker
1906 Last Paris trip Paula Modersohn-Beckers, after temporary separation, Modersohn comes to Paris for a few months
1907 Common return to Worpswede, birth of daughter Mathilde (died 1998), death of Paula Modersohn-Becker
1908 Moved to Fischerhude
1909 Marriage with Louise Breling, sons: Ulrich, 1913-1943 and Christian, 1916-2009.
1911 Otto Modersohn argues against Carl Vinnen's polemic "A Protest of German Artists" for the purchase of the "poppy field" by van Gogh by the Kunsthalle Bremen as one of the most stimulating images of modern art
1922 Extensive study trips in the following years to Wertheim / Würzburg, friendship with Ahlers-Hestermann
1925 First summer study stay in the Allgäu, likewise 1926, 1927, 1929
1930 Acquisition of a farmhouse on the Gailenberg near Hindelang in the Allgäu, where he paints until 1935 in the spring and summer months, until a retinal detachment of his right eye forces him to stop the painting stays in the Allgäu
1935 Honorary Membership of the Artists' Association Bremen
1939 Awarded the Low German Painter's Prize
1940 Awarded the Goethe Medal
1942 Awarded the title of professor h.c.
1943 died on March 10 after a short illness, his son Ulrich falls in Russia
1948 Establishment of a family gallery on the Gailenberg in the Allgäu by Christian and Anna Modersohn
1974 Opening of the Otto Modersohn Museum in Fischerhude
1981 Atelier and workshop construction
1986 first extension
1996 second extension
2012 third extension
bio provided by contributor Misty Dawn #48452907
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